Darkstone Code
Chapter 157 - 0156 Club and New Coach

Chapter 157: 0156 Club and New Coach

If destroying some worker-related bills could bring some job opportunities...

The Mayor quickly cleared this thought from his mind. It was a very dangerous action, especially under current circumstances. Once someone breaks the bond representing harmonious coexistence between the working class and the capital class, it could lead to more terrible consequences and have more dreadful impacts.

Before reaching the limit, the Mayor did not plan to consider some ideas Lynch had previously proposed, but one of Lynch’s ideas was worth considering—the matter of commodity exports.

Now that the World War has ended, various countries have begun to rebuild cities destroyed by the fires of war, and the artillery not only turned their cities into ruins, it also destroyed many infrastructures and ordinary factories.

Actually, everyone knows now is the best time to engage in import and export trade, but this contradicts the isolation policy plan previously set by the President’s Cabinet and the Conservative Party.

They don’t want to stand in line because of trade actions; this could be seen as siding during the war.

During the World War, the navies of the two major camps were always blocking each other’s sea routes and even launched surprise attacks on each other’s merchant ships deep in their seas.

Before more advanced transportation methods become available, shipping is currently the most applicable solution for long-distance transportation; there’s no alternative. Therefore, the value of attacking merchant ships sometimes has a better effect than destroying a warship.

This also reflects a situation where trade could be seen as siding.

But now the World War has ended, there’s actually no need to close off the country; opening up international trade is timely. However, the President’s Cabinet seems to have different thoughts.

This might be an opportunity, the Mayor thought to himself; perhaps these issues could be used as a means to attack the Conservative Party’s policies, thus attracting some wavering public to their side...

His thoughts ran far, but he soon came back to reality; the most urgent thing is to solve the immediate issues before him.

Mark’s factory has started purchasing production raw materials from surrounding farms and pastures. One must say, the agricultural and pastoral industry is indeed the most resilient industry, without exception, because people always need to eat, and as long as they need to eat, the farm-produced goods will have a market.

Unlike these fools who manufacture goods that are stacked in inventory, untouched even after discounts.

Food stamps have been printing near completion, but these are not resolving the fundamental issues. Only by giving people jobs can they be settled down, and the Mayor’s gaze fell on Lynch again. This time, Lynch noticed it and smiled, nodding to the Mayor.

The Mayor slightly nodded in return, acknowledging his respect.

A meeting lasting over an hour ended unpleasantly. In the latter half of the meeting, some people proposed entirely worthless suggestions, like canceling various taxes starting now and refunding some of the taxes that were already paid to ease their fund pressure, allowing for longer sustainability.

Yes, by the end of the meeting, it had shifted from how to address societal issues and provide more jobs to how these capitalists could ensure their enterprises survive longer and how to garner more benefits from the government.

Without any constructive opinions, the Mayor directly ended this foolish meeting; however, the influence of this unproductive meeting quietly spread throughout the city.

After the meeting, Baron Reynolds approached Lynch. He was interested in forming a women’s rugby team, and Lynch indeed needed such a role. From some perspectives, forming a women’s rugby team equals providing jobs for society, which is a good thing.

He specifically invited Baron Reynolds to visit his club to have a chat and discuss the details, just as he needed to meet with the new coaching team.

Around three-thirty, a group arrived outside the club. Lynch was surprised to see a long queue outside the club, composed of both men and women. Manager Kane was waiting early by the roadside. As soon as he saw Lynch’s luxurious car driving up, he promptly stood by the roadside. Once Lynch’s car stopped, Kane opened the door for him.

"Boss..."

After getting out of the car, Lynch straightened his clothes and asked about the queue on the roadside, "What’s going on?"

Kane scratched his head, "We’re recruiting athletes..."

The club’s current situation is such that Kane found a coaching team from a renowned university’s rugby team. The head coach thought his coaching in university leagues was underutilized; he believed he should pursue broader horizons and wanted to get into professional rugby.

Every year, many coaches have similar ideas, but hardly any manage to realize them. On one hand, successful clubs have their own coaching teams, and without irreconcilable contradictions between coaches and managers, stability persists.

Moreover, whether a professional rugby club or any professional sports team, they typically don’t opt for coaching teams unproven in professional arenas. Nobody will bet hundreds of thousands or millions on new recruits.

Professional leagues and university leagues are entirely different concepts, possibly only university league coaches might think they are similar.

Thus, even if these coaches have aspirations, they struggle to find people willing to offer them opportunities and can only continue teaching in universities.

After the news that Sabin City was going to establish a new professional club spread through the United Transport Association, some coaches eager to advance themselves sent their intents; this is the inevitable path from small circle to large circle.

Many excellent coaches began from the lowest leagues or started as assistant coaches for professional coaches. Kane found one he deemed good among many recommendations and informed Lynch.

The last time, Lynch implied that if Kane believed it was good, it was. There was no need to sway Lynch because Lynch was clear he knew nothing about these matters. If he intervened, things would only get complicated, so he preferred to delegate the authority directly to Kane.

Kane, as a professional club manager, knew how to exercise his power properly.

This delegation also moved Kane, making him feel that Lynch wasn’t using the revival of the club as a guise to deceive him but genuinely planning to carry it out; otherwise, he wouldn’t have given him such power.

When Lynch inquired, he only remembered he forgot to inform Lynch and explained the reason somewhat nervously.

Actually, the reason was simple; the available ’quota’ Lynch provided Kane wasn’t enough for them to directly introduce professional athletes. Even though the current trade market is relatively depressed, a relatively ordinary professional rugby player has a transfer price of tens of thousands.

Aiming to quickly build combat capability through direct player purchases... this idea is basically impractical. At least a million must be invested to maintain a second-rate professional team; Lynch clearly wouldn’t invest so much for a relatively unsatisfactory result.

If he desired a top-tier team, just the transfer funds would exceed three million, and adding some substitutes and their salaries... Lynch evidently could not afford such top-tier sports presently.

So Kane discussed with the coaching team and decided to recruit some potential, young ordinary workers as players under the guise of "training partners" and then spend money to spar with the University Alliance teams from local and surrounding universities to select the most suitable individuals.

This approach was indeed how the coaching team’s head coach came up with a solution. This guy was somewhat reputable in university leagues; otherwise, he wouldn’t have thought about entering the professional league circle.

With him contacting, the issue was more manageable, and Kane believed it was a good idea.

Before the semester started in September, they needed to finalize a general lineup quickly. Therefore, they advertised in newspapers, resulting in many people wanting to apply for this job.

This reflects people’s worry about future life and their current situation. Even for a cheap training job, hundreds lined up on the sidewalk, roughly two or three hundred overall, with more people holding newspapers to line up.

Reynolds had also gotten down by this moment, listening in. Once Kane finished talking, he curiously asked, "Are you selecting women’s rugby team members this way too?"

Kane did not know Reynolds, so Lynch introduced him briefly. Kane immediately grasped Lynch’s meaning, promptly nodding in affirmation, "We are targeting young, healthy, vibrant, and beautiful girls for women’s athletes, given we all appreciate beautiful girls..."

Reynolds listened attentively; he genuinely seemed intent on pursuing this endeavor. Lynch was unsure if Reynolds just wanted to play around or felt there was potential, likely just to play around.

Subsequently, the group entered the club. The coaching team’s head coach heard that the club owner had arrived and promptly detached from work to greet him.

The head coach was just over forty years old this year, at the prime of his life, with a previous title of university league champion coach, sparking his ambition to enter the professional circle.

The professional circle and university leagues are completely distinct, not just in terms of athletes, but also in administration. An easy explanation is that investors, or club owners, hold absolute power, followed by club managers, and then head coaches. Sometimes, star players even rank above head coaches.

This differs from universities; in university leagues, the head coach is number one, disregarding principals and board members entirely, let alone students.

This head coach seemed ready for this transition, exhibiting great enthusiasm and humility.